O Captain! My Captain! Anze Kopitar delivers game-winning goal in overtime as Kings stun Oilers 5-4 to even series


by NBC Los Angeles

NBC Los Angeles— Anze Kopitar delivered the game-winning goal in overtime and the Kings defeated the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 to even their best-of-seven series at one game apiece.

The Hill—Anze Kopitar scores in overtime, Kings beat Oilers 5-4 in Game 2 to tie series. EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Anze Kopitar fired a wrist shot past Stuart Skinner’s glove and into the top corner on a breakaway to give the Los Angeles Kings a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on W

Los Angeles Times—Anze Kopitar's overtime goal lifts Kings past Oilers in Game 2 thriller. The NHL regular season is like an anthology of 82 stories, each with their own beginning, middle and end. The playoffs, however, are like a novel, each game a new chapter that builds on the last one. And Kings coach Jim Hiller says likes it that way, especially after his team took the book in a new direction Wednesday with Anze Kopitar scoring 2:07 into overtime to give his team a 5-4 win over the Edmonton Oilers, evening their first-round playoff series with the Oilers at a victory apiece...

Los Angeles Times—'We're not out of it': Kings look to even Oilers series in Game 4. If the Kings-Oilers series were a title fight instead of a hockey playoff series, even a blind referee might consider stopping it. Through three games, the Kings have been outshot, outskated, outhit and outscored. Boy, have they been outscored: Edmonton twice led the opener of the first-round series by four goals and the Oilers won Game 3 on Friday by five, 6-1. The Kings’ penalty kill has been deadly for the Kings, as the Oilers have scored seven times in 14 man-advantage opportunities. The...